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I've done one coaster event, which was Coaster Campout at CP. Although the experience was awesome, I witnessed what happens when too many coaster enthusiasts get together in one place, during Steel Vengeance ERT... Which is probably why I never put forth the effort to meet up with anyone. I'm not that hardcore.

43 years, actually. And yeah, those speculating about a "non-trimmed Beast," or even a "less trimmed Beast" ever having opened to the public are just plain wrong. You just feel it more since they switched to the magnetic trims, which slow the train down much quicker in a shorter period of time (to the same speed) compared to the old skid trims.

Yesterday on May 19th, I made my second visit of the 2022 season. Since my first visit of the season nearly three weeks ago, a lot of progress has been made on the new dining facility! With a roof and walls, it looks extremely massive than it had before! The construction crews were hard at work building it yesterday. It will definitely look amazing once it is completed! Be sure to check out some photos I took of it while at the park.

Good to hear it seemed to be an isolated issue. Yep nothing new with the Beast about the trims but the initial reports were it flies from the curved tunnel to the 2nd lift but seems the results are now: it's smoother but the trims pull harder than ever.

Beast has been trimmed hard for about 20 years now, no? I can’t even begin to estimate the number of times someone on this board has said Beast has been trimmed “more than before” … yet somehow the trains are still able to make it around the tracks. Seems to me that there’s only so much speed they can take off

Trip Report from last weekend. TL:DR - First visit, very impressed. Visually beautiful, great coaster collection, solid operations. This park is extremely slept on. And the coasters... they ALL slap. This was the shocker for me. My home Six Flags park is Magic Mountain, and even though it has 20 coasters, it doesn't have 20 good coasters. I skip half the park every time I visit. There are NO skips at Great America. The closest thing to a skip for me would be Demon, but that's literally it. Everything else is so good. Missed out on Maxx Force, Joker, and the red side of American Eagle. Ride Highlights: Batman - My dearest love. The OG. Loved experiencing it over real landscaping instead of gravel and asphalt. Also the ride ops were KILLING. I've never seen another Batman clone ever dispatch without stacking. I didn't even think it was possible. Raging Bull - I have to admit, I was a hater based just on videos and my general "meh" ideas on B&M hypers. But this is a good one. It's not god-tier for me, but it's definitely solid and fun. Getting absolutely YEETED off the first drop from the back row... amazing. Also blazing fast ride ops and dispatches on this, so the line moved very consistently. Magic Mountain could NEVER. Goliath - It's funky but I liked it. I definitely understand why RMC aficionados don't rank this higher, but it's one of those situations where... even a low-tier RMC is still objectively a great coaster. X-Flight - Surprise hit of the trip for me. I've only been on one other B&M wing coaster (Gatekeeper) and I didn't care for it. But X-Flight seemed much less rattly and the pacing is also waaay quicker. The turns above the water and the roll through the building are great. Downside was one-train ops. That line was pretty slow. American Eagle - Only got to ride Blue, I've heard that Red is the crazier side. But even still, super fun. I love the feeling of gaining more speed as you go down the helix and it starts to feel more out of control. And it's not really all that rough. Viper - Absolutely slaps, especially in the front. Definitely a sleeper hit. Whizzer - Being inches away from the ground on those turns was super exciting.